Re-conceptualising entrepreneurial ecosystems: a theoretical exploration of evolution over space and time

Johnston, A.; Lassalle, Paul; Yamamura, Sakura

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“…This is not to say that incubators cannot work or should not be pursued in Global South contexts, or in Oman specifically, but more to highlight the need for context specificity and to ensure they are well attuned and adjusted to the local ecosystem; what it really needs, and what its strengths are. Moreover, we should acknowledge that the inter‐relationship between entrepreneurial actors and the context they are situated within is itself evolutionary rather than static (Johnston et al., 2018).…”

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Applying the ecosystem model in a new context? The case of business incubation in Oman

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This paper studies entrepreneurship ecosystem development in a context little discussed in the extant literature to date: Oman. Specifically, it focuses on business incubation (BI) initiatives as a policy tool for developing the local, regional, and national systems of supporting entrepreneurship and SME growth. Although BI’s are a popular policy measure for ecosystem development, spreading globally from their original conception in the United States around 60 years ago, their universal effectiveness is questioned. We analyse the tenability of BI as an economic development strategy by entrepreneurship ecosystems as a conceptual framework to help us understand the multitudinous cultural, institutional, and governance structures required for success. Specifically, we consider these ecosystem dynamics and their influence on the incubation of SMEs in the novel context of an oil‐rich yet transitioning economy such as Oman. Conducting interviews with 22 key informants within a range of ecosystem actors (policy‐makers, incubator managers, academics, and entrepreneurs) we find that existing capabilities within the Omani BI programme are not yet fully fit for purpose, highlighting the need to establish developmental priorities for the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem, bottom‐up. Finally, we reflect on the wider cultural and institutional constraints highlighted, and suggest potentially fruitful avenues for further research.

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“…We have expanded on the use of sensemaking beyond language and highlighted the sensegiving ‘exchanges’ happening between the entrepreneur and others. These sensegiving exchanges provide empirical justification for the relational dimension of entrepreneurial ecosystems as it illustrates how individual entrepreneurs interact with, and draw upon, a community of interdependent actors (Johnston et al, 2018; Stam, 2015). Furthermore, it reinforces the notion that new venture creation is dependent on the symbiotic relationships that exists within the entrepreneur’s networks and that there is a place/space for sensegivers in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.…”

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“…On the other hand, entrepreneurs must establish connections to resources and, at some point during the entrepreneurial process, engage with or be affected by relationships with socialising agents (Zimmer, 1986). As such, the entrepreneurial process has been increasingly recognised by scholars as highly contextualised (Welter, 2011) and embedded in social, institutional and locational components (Johnston et al, 2018). This systemic nature of the entrepreneurial process is captured in the concept of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (Isenberg, 2010; Stam, 2015), the idea that a nurturing and supportive environment can be created for entrepreneurs by developing symbiotic relationships between social networks, government, universities and industry.…”

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From venture idea to venture formation: The role of sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving

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International Small Business Journal

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This article explores the sensemaking processes entrepreneurs use when transitioning between venture ideas and venture formation. Adopting a sensemaking/sensegiving approach and utilising an interpretivist methodology, we use sensemaking to analyse the entrepreneurial journey of four diverse entrepreneurs. In so doing, we make three contributions: first, we locate the early stages of the entrepreneurial context as a primary site where sensemaking occurs as entrepreneurs deal with the differences between expectations and reality. Second, we show how sensemaking occurs when entrepreneurs build a causal map of the problem they wish to address and how social exchanges are crucial as entrepreneurs then refine that idea with other sensegivers. Finally, we extend scholarly understanding through explaining the ways in which sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving contribute to the decision of entrepreneurs to act and create a new venture.

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“…Cooke, 2001;Crevoisier & Jeannerat, 2009) by its clear focus on entrepreneurship as a key driver of growth or employment, rather than a focus on inter-firm networks and relationships. Yet, for examining the contextual conditions for the creation of a new regional industry, this multidimensional and systemic concept provides an appropriate lens (Johnston, Lassalle, & Yamamura, 2016;Stam, 2015). Moreover, EE research explicitly recognizes that entrepreneurship does not occur in isolation but is dependent upon a set of EE-external factors and on sets of relationships within the EE (Spigel, 2015;Stam, 2014Stam, , 2015, comparable to the argument presented later on the types of proximities.…”

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Proximities and the emergence of regional industry: evidence of the liability of smallness in Malta

Yamamura

Lassalle

2019

European Planning Studies

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The interplays of different types of proximities are crucial to the emergence of new industries, including entrepreneurial ecosystems as pillar of the competitive advantage in regions. Though proximities can be advantageous, negative aspects on the economic development have also been discussed, leading to the discussion of the so-called proximity paradox. To better understand the effective functioning of these proximities, it must be concretized which institutional actors play a role, and how their collaboration and thus their proximity constellations contribute to the regional development. Based on empirical evidence of Malta, this paper operationalizes the different proximities types and conceptually investigates the different proximities between institutional actors in building a new regional industry, i.e. the gaming industry. The case of the Maltese gaming industry illustrates how regions with limited size and resourcescarcity, thus high proximities between actors (also prevalent in city-states and peripheral regions), can still defy the odds of the liability of smallness and, thus the proximity paradox. Results of this in-depth study shows how collaborative endeavour of proximate institutional actors can contribute to developing an effective entrepreneurial environment and the emergence of a new regional industry.

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Re-conceptualising entrepreneurial ecosystems: a theoretical exploration of evolution over space and time

Cited by 7 publications

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Applying the ecosystem model in a new context? The case of business incubation in Oman

Applying the ecosystem model in a new context? The case of business incubation in Oman

From venture idea to venture formation: The role of sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving

Proximities and the emergence of regional industry: evidence of the liability of smallness in Malta

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